Jane Wenham-Jones Explained

Jane Wenham-Jones
Birth Date:1962 1, df=y[1]
Birth Place:North Cray, Kent, England
Death Date:[2]
Occupation:Author, journalist and presenter
Years Active:1990–2021

Jane Wenham-Jones (12 January 1962 – 22 August 2021) was a British author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker who lived in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in four of her novels.

She was a regular contributor to Writing Magazine, Woman's Weekly and the Isle of Thanet News, and previously wrote columns for the Isle of Thanet Gazette, Booktime and Woman's Weekly Fiction Special.

Career

Wenham-Jones began her writing career in 1995 and published novels, short stories, non-fiction articles and two Wannabe writing guides, in which, in "Wannabe a Writer", she coined the phrase 'Writer's Bottom'.

More than a hundred of her short stories have been published in magazines across the world including Active Life, Bella, Best, Candis, Chat, More, My Weekly, The People's Friend, Pulp Fiction, Take a Break, Take a Break Fiction Feast, Woman, Woman's Weekly, Woman's Realm, and Your Cat. A selection of these stories have been reprinted in Australia, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and The US.

Her short stories have also appeared in fiction anthologies including Café Olé Too Hot To Handle, Diamonds and Pearls, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, and the Sexy Shorts Charity Series.

Non-fiction contributions include The Help for Heroes Cookbook, Tweet Treats, Women Leading, and The You Are What You Eat Cookbook.

Wenham-Jones had regular columns in Writing Magazine,[3] and was an occasional contributor to her local paper, The Isle of Thanet News. She wrote, or contributed to, articles in The Bookseller,[4] The Daily Express,[5] Family Circle, The Guardian,[6] [7] [8] [9] The Isle of Thanet Gazette (a weekly column from 2001 to 2015),[10] [11] My Weekly, The New Writer, Psychologies, Scarlet Magazine, She, Sunday Express,[12] The Sunday Times,[13] The Times,[14] Woman, Woman's Own, Woman's Weekly, Writing.ie[15] and The Weekender.[16] [17]

She was a member of Equity and presented for both BBC Radio Kent and the BBC's Politics Show.[18] Other television appearances included The Heaven and Earth Show, Inside Out,[19] Just for Starters, Kilroy, Legal TV, Loose Lips, The Property Channel, Ready, Steady, Cook, The Russell Grant Show, The Salon, and The Wright Stuff.

Wenham-Jones was an interviewee of Sue Cook for The Write Lines in conjunction with Talking Bookshelf[20] and National Short Story Week.[21]

As a professional speaker, she gave lectures and after-dinner talks including for Women Speakers.[22] She hosted the award ceremony for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, hosting with:[23] actor Tim Bentinck (2011), crime novelist Peter James[24] [25] (2012), Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (2013), Darcey Bussell (2014), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2015), Fern Britton[26] [27] (2016), Prue Leith[28] (2017), Richard Coles[29] (2018), Alison Weir (2019), Jenny Eclair[30] (2020), and Larry Lamb[31] (2021).

As well as hosting events at Guildford Book Festival,[32] Chipping Norton Literature Festival,[33] Belfast Book Festival,[34] Buckingham Lit Fest,[35] and Whitstable Literary Festival (WhitLit),[36] Wenham-Jones was a founding member of, and regular interviewer for, BroadstairsLit.[37]

Jane was listed on Fantastic Fiction,[38] Dorothy Koomson's,[39] Random House,[40] and HarperCollins[41] websites.

Death

She died on 22 August 2021, aged 59.[2]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Writing guides

Short Story Anthologies (contributor)

Non-fiction (author)

Non-fiction (contributor)

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2021/08/23/isle-mourns-the-loss-of-jane-wenham-jones-novelist-speaker-and-so-much-more/ Isle mourns the loss of Jane Wenham-Jones – novelist, speaker and so much more
  2. Web site: Author Jane Wenham-Jones dies, aged 59 - The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com.
  3. Web site: Online Store - January 2017 - Latest Issue . Writers Online . 3 December 2016 . 8 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160208021014/https://www.writers-online.co.uk/Writing-Magazine/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Child . Lee . Indies storm People's Book Prize . The Bookseller . 28 June 2010 . 3 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Wenham . Jane . Danger: A Man about the house | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express . Express.co.uk . 4 October 2007. 3 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Effects of depression | Society . The Guardian . 6 August 2005 . 3 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones . Jane Wenham-Jones: I love to love | Global . The Guardian . 8 July 2005. 3 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones . Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel . The Guardian . 15 January 2008. 3 December 2016.
  9. Web site: Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones . Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel . The Guardian . 15 January 2008. 3 December 2016.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 31 December 2012 . 19 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085444/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4128398566_3bfa63ea32_o.jpg . dead .
  11. Web site: legacythanetgazette.co.uk. Thisiskent.co.uk. 3 December 2016.
  12. Web site: legacythanetgazette.co.uk . Thisiskent.co.uk . 3 December 2016.
  13. Web site: Post . Tales of a Landlady: The rotters of Ramsgate . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102733/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article148136.ece . dead . 19 August 2014 . The Sunday Times . 18 September 2005 . 3 December 2016.
  14. News: Published at, 18 September 2005 . The rotters of Ramsgate . The Times . 18 September 2005 . 3 December 2016.
  15. Web site: Write What You Know? It's 'Prime Time' for Jane Wenham Jones . Writing.ie . 3 December 2016.
  16. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones: Calm Together. Wenham-Jones. Jane. 22 October 2012. The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215122725/http://weekenderonline.net/jane-wenham-jones-calm-together. 15 December 2013. dead. 3 December 2016.
  17. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones gets ready for the beach – without the hassle of the gym. Wenham-Jones. Jane. 30 August 2012. The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529104605/http://weekenderonline.net/the-fast-show/. 29 May 2016. dead. 3 December 2016.
  18. Web site: Trudi Davies . Programmes | Politics Show | The End of the Pier Show? . BBC News . 11 July 2007 . 3 December 2016.
  19. Web site: Euroferries on BBC - Inside Out . Adem Djemil . 3 December 2016.
  20. Web site: SoundCloud Widget. soundcloud.com. 25 January 2017. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053057/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63508274%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-1GqqY&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700. dead.
  21. Web site: The Write Lines with Sue Cook: Three specials for National Short Story Week 2011 . 31 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728073033/http://nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk/thewritelines.htm . 28 July 2013 . dead .
  22. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones at womenspeakers.co.uk. womenspeakers.co.uk. 25 January 2017.
  23. Web site: RoNA Romantic Novel of the Year shortlists - The Bookseller. thebookseller.com. 25 January 2017.
  24. Web site: Meet the Author Peter James in Person at Book Signings and Personal Appearances . 8 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029045549/http://www.peterjames.com/appearances/2012/October . 29 October 2012 . dead .
  25. Web site: Peter James: Novelist and Film Producer: Thrilling Romance (The Bookseller) . 31 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715065511/http://blog.peterjames.com/2012/03/thrilling-romance-bookseller.html . 15 July 2012 . dead .
  26. Web site: Iona Grey's Letters to the Lost wins The Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year 2016 - News - The Romantic Novelists' Association. romanticnovelistsassociation.org. 25 January 2017.
  27. Web site: Book Trade Announcements - Iona Grey's Letters To The Lost Wins the Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel Of The Year 2016. booktrade.info. 25 January 2017.
  28. Web site: Romantic Novel of the Year goes to YA title Love Song The Bookseller. 6 July 2020. www.thebookseller.com.
  29. Web site: Atkins wins Romantic Novel of the Year accolade The Bookseller. 6 July 2020. www.thebookseller.com.
  30. Web site: Jenny Eclair. 6 July 2020. en-US.
  31. Web site: LARRY LAMB. LARRY LAMB.
  32. Web site: Live. Surrey. 13 October 2010. Book valuation day for Guildford Book Festival. 6 July 2020. getsurrey.
  33. Web site: House. Chipping Norton Literary Festival-A. Private Limited Company Windrush. OX28 1HX. 55 Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire. Authors - ChipLitFest (en-GB). 6 July 2020. Chipping Norton Literary Festival. en.
  34. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones. 6 July 2020. Mo Writes. 20 June 2015 . en.
  35. Web site: Jane Wenham Jones. 6 July 2020. Buckingham Literary Festival. en-GB.
  36. Web site: Kathy Lette in Conversation . www.visitkent.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170324195822/http://www.visitkent.co.uk/events/206591 . 2017-03-24.
  37. Web site: 8 November 2017. BroadstairsLIt. 6 July 2020. Jane Wenham-Jones. en.
  38. Web site: Jane Wenham-Jones. fantasticfiction.co.uk. 25 January 2017.
  39. Web site: Dorothy Koomson . 8 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130831115439/http://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/jane-wenham-jones-2/ . 31 August 2013 . dead .
  40. Web site: Penguin Books. randomhouse.co.uk. 25 January 2017.
  41. Web site: HarperCollins. harpercollins.com/author/cr-130986/jane-wenham-jones. 27 November 2019.

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